NJ Police Community Affairs Association Graduates 30+ Students Trained In Bergen

Students from more than 30 universities and colleges were graduated last week from a Law Enforcement Career Development Course sponsored by the state Police Community Affairs Officers Association.

The students completed 10 weeks of intense preparation by the staffs of Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo and Sheriff Anthony Cureton.
Photo Credit: *COURTESY: Police Community Affairs Officers Association*

Jerry DeMarco

05/06/2019 10:00 a.m.

The students completed 10 weeks of intense preparation by the staffs of Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo and Sheriff Anthony Cureton.

It was the Police Community Affairs Officers Association's 10th year of operating the program in the region, said President William Schievella.

"To date we have graduated more than 800 college students who have attended this free training," Schievella said. "Our goal is to prepare an educated, professional, diverse workforce for the future of law enforcement."

The program's law enforcement partners include:

NJ State Police;
NJ Attorney General;
NJ Department of Corrections;
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE);
NJ Asian American Law Enforcement Officers Association;
Hispanic American Law Enforcement Association;
Blacks in Law Enforcement Serving the Community (BLESC):
Port Authority Police Hispanic Officers Society;
Port Authority Police BiState Coalition;
Italian American Police Society of NJ;
International Council of Women in Law Enforcement.

Several other local, state and county law enforcement agencies participated, Schievella said.

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